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Bekaert NV — Major Shareholding Notification 2013
Jul 16, 2013
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Press release
Regulated information
16 July 2013
Disclosure in accordance with the Act of 2 May 2007
Transparency Law
Pursuant to Articles 15 §1 and 18 §1 of the Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant participations in listed companies, Bekaert publishes the following information:
Status as of 31 July 2013
Basic data
Total capital: € 176 640 000.00 Total number of securities conferring voting rights: 60 019 107 shares Total number of voting rights (the denominator): 60 019 107 (one voting right per share)
Supplementary data
Total number of debentures convertible into securities conferring voting rights: none
Total number of rights, whether or not reflected by securities, to subscribe for securities conferring voting rights yet to be issued: 601 019 subscription rights
Total number of voting rights that may result from the exercise of such subscription rights: 601 019
Total number of shares without voting rights: none
(each subscription right entitles the holder to one new share upon exercise)
(one voting right per new share)
Press Katelijn Bohez T +32 56 23 05 71
Investor Relations Jérôme Lebecque T +32 56 23 05 72
www.bekaert.com
Reason for the changes
Capital increase on 3 July 2013 as a result of the exercise of 18 165 subscription rights.
Thresholds set by the Articles of Association
According to 14bis of the Articles of Association the provisions of Articles 6 through 17 of the Act apply not only to the legal thresholds of 5 % and of each multiple of 5%, but also to the thresholds of 3% and 7.50%.
Notifications
The notifications should be transmitted to both NV Bekaert SA and the FSMA. The FSMA recommends transmitting the notifications first electronically, to the e-mail address [email protected], and subsequently – for reasons of legal certainty – by fax to no + 32 2 220 59 12.
It is recommended to transmit notifications to NV Bekaert SA electronically as well, to the attention of [email protected]
Profile
Bekaert (www.bekaert.com) is a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coatings. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 27 000 people worldwide. Serving customers in 120 countries, Bekaert pursues sustainable profitable growth in all its activities and generated combined sales of € 4.4 billion in 2012.